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UNITED STATES v. THOMPSON

No. 79-5218.

637 F.2d 267 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Merle THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Mark McDaniel, Robert M. Shipman, Huntsville, Ala., for defendant-appellant.

J. R. Brooks, U. S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JONES, BROWN and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Convicted of three separate charges of making false material statements before a grand jury in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623, William Merle Thompson contends that the government failed to prove the materiality of the statements to any investigation being made by the grand jury, and that his answers to the questions asked him were not shown to have been intentionally misleading. We conclude both that materiality was proved and that...

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